Spending vacation with science

Karnatak University was buzzing with activities these past 20 days though this is vacation time. High school students were busy having fun learning science experiments.

| TNN | May 23, 2013, 12.17 PM IST

HUBLI: Karnatak University was buzzing with activities these past 20 days though this is vacation time. High school students were busy having fun learning science experiments.

The Regional Science Centre of Karnatak University, Dharwad (KUD), conducted two short-term camps — from May 2 to 8 and from May 16 to 22 — for the high school students to sharpen their skills and scientific temper. About 30 students participated in each camp. The third camp will be held in October following overwhelming response for the first two camps.

The students were taught various experiments in subjects like physics, chemistry and mathematics. The students were given enough time to understand and do the experiments on their own.

US Raikar, director, Regional Science Centre, KUD, said: "Usually high school students don't get enough time to understand the science experiments and basics of mathematics in their schools. So we decided to conduct the seven-to-eight-day short camps so that students can learn the basic experiments that are there in their textbooks.''

We charge Rs 100. Students are taught about basic experiments in biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics in the camp," he added.

Veerendra Gadad and Amith, IX class students who attended the camp, said: "We used to study about the experiments in school. But here, we learnt how these experiments are conducted and this helped us to understand the subject better. It was a mix of fun and experiments.''

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